crease

noun

• 1a line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing:khaki trousers with knife-edge creases
• a wrinkle or furrow in the skin, especially of the face, caused by age or a particular facial expression: stubble lines the creases of his face

• 2 Cricket any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places. See popping crease, bowling crease, return crease.
• (the crease) the position of a batsman during their innings:England were 15 for 3 overnight, with Stewart and Russell at the crease

• 3 (the crease) an area around the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse which the players may not enter unless the puck or the ball has already done so: he was caught in the crease without the puck

verb

• 1make a crease in (cloth or paper):he sank into the chair, careful not to crease his dinner jacket (as adjective creased)a creased piece of paper
• [no object] (of a facial feature) be marked by creases, typically as an expression of an emotion:his eyes creased in amusement

• 2 (crease up or crease someone up) British informal burst out or cause to burst out laughing: [no object]:Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up

• 3British informal hit or punch (someone) hard:clap or I’ll crease you

• 4(of a bullet) graze (someone or something):a bullet creased his thigh